The first 22 minutes of this podcast is a discussion of my “little birds” dream.

The study of Matthew 21 begins at 22:30.

In this study:

A brief review of the first 18 verses of Matthew 21

The significance of Jesus being hungry

The withering of the fig tree

The significance of fig trees to Israel

“The first Adam came to a fig tree looking for leaves. The last Adam came to a fig tree looking for fruit.” (Spurgeon)

A comparison of this event with the parable of the fig tree in Luke 13

What the destruction of Jerusalem (the antitype of the withering of the fig tree) really was like when it finally came in 70 AD (Josephus)

How Mark’s account (that the withering occurred over a period of two days) and Matthew’s account are not contradictory, and, in fact, serve to corroborate the trustworthiness of the two separate eye-witness accounts

Why many prayer requests are not granted in spite of Jesus’ apparent promises that God will give us whatever we ask for